Meet the Committee

"Hi! I’m Arthur, I live in the West Midlands, and I’ve been geocaching since March 2010. I’ve seen so much whilst caching, and have been to so many new places, which is what I love most about it. I’ve had some great experiences ‒ from heading underground, to caching by boat, and everything in between! I love going on long walks… there’s nothing better than a good series! It’s always great to come across a quality cache, whether that’s a well-stocked ammo box or a creative hide, and I often decide where to go based on the number of favourite points a cache or series has obtained. I was first elected onto the GAGB committee in December 2015, and held a number of different roles over five years, prior to being elected as Chair in 2020. During my time in this post, we introduced regional representatives and increased the number of active members for the first time in half a decade. After serving as Secretary for the past two years, I am honoured to be returning to the role of Chair. I look forward to seeing what we can achieve for the GAGB and geocaching in the months ahead."

"I am Border Caz because I live very close to the border with North Wales so my 'local' caching adventures have taken me backwards and forwards across the border many times, indeed 10 of the 109 caches I have owned have been in Wales and I have an Adventure Lab there as well. My real name is Caroline but many people call me Caz for short. I am a widow and now mostly retired from paid employment; I have two grown up children and a female Lurcher called Jet, who likes going out for walks in the country. In 2011 I was one of the founding members of the committee which planned and brought to fruition the 2013 West Midlands UK Mega. I acted as Treasurer on that Committee and was happy to take on the same role on the GAGB committee when I joined it in December 2016, as I have a background in finance from my working life. I found my first caches in July 2009 but I’m not a numbers chaser so only have 11,000+ finds under my belt. Particular favourites of mine are those based on history and I do enjoy many urban caches for that reason. There’s something very satisfying about completing a multi in a town or city and I also enjoy Wherigos and Adventure Labs. My other hobby is travelling around in my campervan and I find the two activities complement each other very well and often overlap, both take me to interesting places and have a good social scene where I have made many good friends. I have converted quite a few muggle campervanners to geocaching."

Hello, salut, hola, ciao, hej! I’m Josh, but you may know me as ‘LinguiJosh’. As you might be able to work out, the name is inspired by the fact that I’m something of a linguist… which can come in very useful when doing more complex or niche Mystery and Multi caches abroad (and I’m always happy to try and offer a helping hand with them if I can!). In fact, I’ve been very fortunate in recent years to live in a few different places, typically splitting my time between the UK and France thus far, though I’m currently based in Hampshire. I’m sure it won’t be too long until I’m somewhere else though! Living abroad has certainly influenced my approach to geocaching, helping me bring some variety and ideas from elsewhere to this great pastime, hopefully helping to keep it fresh and exciting! That said, my favourite local types are definitely those within our various excellent National Series; whenever there’s a Sidetracked or Church Micro, I always want to add it to my Found caches. I also love going to events, particularly in places I haven’t cached before or don’t know anyone, and every single gathering can provide a great story and new friendships – regardless of where it is, how many people there are, when it is, and even whether you speak the local language or not! I’m really excited to be part of the GAGB committee, and to embrace fully the wonders and joy of geocaching within Great Britain, particularly as one of the younger members of this great community!

"I was introduced to geocaching in 2009 by a German puzzle solver, whose sister lived next door. I liked the idea of puzzle caches then, and still do, both solving and setting. I also like to walk in the countryside while finding caches, and prefer quality to quantity. I also support Opencaching UK. I have found caches in N.America, Africa, Asia and Australia, as well as Europe. I worked in commercial aviation before retiring (mostly) 8 years ago. I worked in Qatar for 2 years, very different caching in 4WD vehicles over the sand dunes and rocks, in temperatures exceeding 50C. I still have some active caches there. In Somerset, I've been a Geocaching Advisor to Somerset Wildlife Trust, and compiled their Landowner Agreement. On the Somerset Levels, I have also been Geocaching Advisor to Natural England, and the RSPB. I also developed the new Forestry England West Landowner Agreement. I've been a GAGB Friend, and Area Rep since 2018. My other hobbies include quizzes, being the quizmaster at my local for the past 7 years, golf and playing music."

"I first started caching in 2010. When I was on a ramble I saw someone with a GPS, and me being nosey asked what it was and what she was doing. “It’s a GPS and I am looking for a geocache” she said. So a little google search later to find out more, and that was that. Something great to keep my son interested on walks when he was young. Little did I know then, how caching has affected my life now. What sort of cacher am I? The only thing I am not, is a FTF hound. Although I do have a few. I like to challenge myself, so challenge caches are right up my street. Another aspect of this is the D/T grid. It took me ages to fill the grid once, getting the next loop was easier. I am now on loop 14 getting close to 15. Always something new to learn. The biggest and hardest thing I have learnt is tree climbing. It’s amazing how many caches there are up trees nowadays. Those puzzle caches are another thing, I am always learning new codes, or ways of manipulating something on the cache page. Fast forward to now. I met Jaynie15 (Jayne) my partner through caching, although it was a number of years before we actually got together. I spent a lot of time on the Devon Mega committee, but had to come off it a little before the event. For the past year I have been managing the GAGB online shop, which has been great fun."

"Hi! I’m Joe aka joe222s. I live by the seaside in the East of England. I have only been caching since 2019, but it has taken over my life! My husband and I can be found most weekends in a field or a random small village hunting for small plastic pots. I have 4 children and 6 grandchildren and when they phone me they are never surprised anymore that I am under a bush or up a tree. I work shifts at a car manufacturing company, so I will try and get back to you as soon as I can. I also love an event and I love meeting people so feel free to come up to me and have a chat."

"Having started caching 2011, I have been active in all aspects of caching since then. Event organiser and in the last few years heavily involved with both the SideTracked series and South Derbyshire Geocaching. As a caching team with my 2 children - I’m a keen believer in involving them in the joys of getting out and about and seeing the countryside and also historic locations. By the medium of geocaching we have seen the mountains of wales as well as interesting parts of London and also abroad with places in Europe and America as well. The technology aspect also intrigues me and i have several caches that use technology either In setting or finding the cache at the end of it. I see the adventure labs as a new found opportunity to place caches in areas that would not allow a physical cache or would cause undue panic or alarm. Being able to set the direction of geocaching in the uk and supporting people in getting more out of it is what I would like to do."

"My real name is Anna Fergusson and I live and work in Central London. I am sort of semi retired. When I was in full time employment, I was a Montessori teacher for 20 years. I have travelled extensively as my father was a diplomat. I can speak French fluently. I was born abroad. My hobbies are travelling, walking, photography , swimming and cookery. I started doing geocaching in 2012 when I saw something about it in a newspaper and thought that it sounded interesting and that it made walks more interesting. I live in London and geocaching has introduced me to areas in London which I never thought existed. I have done some geocaching abroad as well especially in France. In 2019 I became a C.O when I started hiding some of my own caches. Geocaching makes you more aware of your surroundings and environment and keeps you fit."

"I'm Seeker the Squirrel, and I've been the GAGB's mascot since July 2024. If I had to describe myself, I would say that I am agile, inquisitive, and attuned to the environment. I am also a forager, explorer, and lover of geocaching (of course). I'm a big fan of larger geocaches (#BiggerIsBetter), but I do like the sneaky ones too, especially fake acorns! Keep an eye out for me on the GAGB's social media pages, across the website, on merchandise, and even at events!"